Suddenly turning off

My unit is 1 year old. recently i have noticed that it turns off all of a sudden while riding even there appears to be enough battery. when i turn it back on again there appears to be 2 or 3 battery strength but it again suddenly turns off again.

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Your battery is dead. You'll need to return it to Garmin for repairs. Mine did the exact same thing. Functioned fine in the cradle - showed full battery - but shut off immediately upon removal. They know about the problem and shipped me a new unit for free.

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If turns over and won't fire up it can be several things. But yours will not turn over, so it has seized. There may not have been enough oil in the gas. This needs a serious repair or engine replacement. The cylinder will need to be stripped and checked possibly piston/rings/ cylinder will need replacing, and they may never be as good again. Consider replacing the engine unit as a whole.

You are on the right track. They use aluminum so that any sudden stop to the crankshaft allows for that little bit of give after the sudden stop to allow engine parts time to slow down. A complete sudden stop could mess up the rods, valves, and possibly the crank itself because of inertia. A steel key wouldn't shear or "break" as easily and would allow for a complete sudden stop. All the engine parts (due to inertia or stored energy) do not easily immediately stop. The aluminum key shears and has a braking effect on the inertia driven engine allowing it to slow down further. Install a new aluminum one (very cheap) and your timing issue there is solved. The replacement key is a very normal, standard Briggs part. They usually shear on a lawnmower when the blade hits an immovable object. I don't know if your machine hit anything. but now you know.

About the first thing I would do is to pull the plug lead(s), tilt the mower up (resting it on something solid) and see if the motor shaft could be turned at all.
I suspect you initial thought that it is locked up is correct.

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Having the same problem. Unit worked well for 1 1/2 years and then suddenly it dropped after I was thru using it and pushed the arrow for it to go down after it dropped the power wouldn't turn off - had to unplug it.. Repairman came out , took it out, lubricated it , re-installed and next time it went up fine, vented fine but when it went down it dropped again and power wouldn't turn off again. I am hesitant to call him out again unless I can figure out what else might fix the problem. I have noticed that the top piece now seems to be bowed a bit. I guess I can have him take out the cooktop but think there must be enough room for it if it worked fine for the 1 1/2 years. It is a soapstone countertop.